Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
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Consumeth
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Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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אָכַל
ʼâkal · aw-kal'
2 times translated as this KJV form809 total Strong's occurrences
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
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Strong's first: Job 22:20Strong's last: Job 31:12
Open full H398 profile →בָּלָה
bâlâh · baw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
Strong's KJV usage: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Strong's first: Job 13:28Strong's last: Job 13:28
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râphâh · raw-faw'
1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:24Strong's last: Isaiah 5:24
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Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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consume
CONSUME, verb transitive [Latin , to take. So in English we say, it takes up time, that is, it consumes time.]
1. To destroy, by separating the parts of a thing, by decomposition, as by fire, or eating, devouring, and annihilating the form of a substance. Fire consumes wood, coal, stubble; animals consume flesh and vegetables.
2. To destroy by dissipating or by use; to expend; to waste; to squander; as, to consume an estate.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4:3.
3. To spend; to cause to pass away, as time; as, to consume the day in idleness.
Their days did he consume in vanity. Psalms 78:33.
4. To cause to disappear; to waste slowly.
My flesh is consumed away. Job 38:1.
5. To destroy; to bring to utter ruin; to exterminate.
Let me alone-- that I may consume them. Exodus 32:10.
CONSUME, verb intransitive To waste away slowly; to be exhausted.
Their flesh--their eyes--their tongue shall consume away. Zechariah 14:12.
The wicked shall perish--they shall consume Psalms 37:20.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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